"All of last year, and long before, we have demanded action to ensure our hospital system is ready for when demand for Emergency Departments would spike. This did not happen, we found ourselves in a particularly busy winter and now the wheels have come off. Demand spikes in the colder months; it always does. It cannot, should not, be the case that we have to pray for a quiet January for fear the system won't cope. We should simply plan for a normal one."
"Today's data showed that more than one in seven patients who attended a major ED in England last month were subject to a wait of more than 12 hours to be discharged, admitted or transferred: a total of 192,168 people. This is the second-worst month for 12-hour waits in EDs on record. The proportion of patients waiting less than four hours remained about the same as the previous January, from 57.7% to 57.3%."
A predictable increase in January Emergency Department demand revealed severe strains across hospitals. More than one in seven ED attendees waited over 12 hours for discharge, admission or transfer, totaling 192,168 people, the second-worst month on record for 12-hour waits. The four-hour target performance stayed roughly unchanged at 57.3%. A record 71,517 very sick patients waited on trolleys for more than 12 hours after a decision to admit. An average of 13,823 beds were occupied by patients medically fit for discharge. Attendances rose by 76,701 to 1,435,727, underscoring the need for a long-term, sustainable plan to tackle the A&E crisis.
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